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Vocabulary · Hiztegia
Basque Language Lesson 3 · 3garren
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Basque names
Here are some common Basque names that you will meet in the
lessons here and among your Basque friends. Sometimes an
English equivalent is available, and sometimes not.
Women’s names ·
Emakumeen izenak
Men’s names ·
Gizonen izenak
Adjectives · Adjektiboak
(Izenlagunak)
motz(a) · short (length); not to bright (mentally)
luze(a) · long
indartsu(a) · strong, powerful
adimentsu(a) · intelligent
kirten(a) · stupid
barregarri(a) · funny
triste(a) · sad
hunkigarri(a) · moving (emotionally), touching
argi(a) · clear; light
ilun(a) · dark
ulertezin(a) · incomprehensible
Greetings · Agurrak
Kaixo! · Hi!
Zer moduz? · How are you?
Ondo, ta zu? · I’m fine, and you?
Ni ere bai. · Me, too.
Ondo esan beharko. · Fine. (I have to say fine.)
Agur! · Goodbye!
Gero arte! · See you later!
Ikusi arte! · See you!
Numbers · Zenbakiak
In Basque counting is done by twenties. Now that you can
count from one to twenty, counting to 99 will be easy.
Beginning with 21, in Basque you count “twenty and
one”, “twenty and two”, etc. Thirty is
“twenty and ten”, 31 is “twenty and
eleven” and so on.
Forty is “two twenties”, 41 is “two twenties
and one”, etc.
20 hogei
21 hogei ta bat
22 hogei ta bi
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29 hogei ta bederatzi
30 hogei ta hamar
31 hogei ta hamaika
32 hogei ta hamabi
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39 hogei ta hemeretzi (twenty and nineteen)
40 berrogei (a contraction of “bi” and
“hogei”) 41 berrogei ta bat
42 berrogei ta bi
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49 berrogi ta bederatzi
50 berrogi ta hamar (two twenties and ten)
51 berrogei ta hamaika
52 berrogei ta hamabi
60 hirurogei (three twenties)
Follow the same pattern as above.
70 hirurogei ta hamar (three twenties and ten)
71 hirurogei ta hamaika (three twenties and eleven)
80 larrogei (four twenties; sometimes spelled laurogei)
81 larrogei ta bat
85 larrogei ta bost
90 larrogei ta hamar (four twenties and ten)
99 larrogei ta hemeretzi
100 ehun
Review demonstratives in Lesson
Two Vocabulary.
Use what you’ve learned!
Read sample sentences and
a dialog.
Go to questions and
answers for practicing the material in this lesson.
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